Posts tagged "academy awards"

I'm gonna give it to your straight: if you didn't get invited to Vanity Fair's infamous Oscar party, you're probably a sad, pathetic commoner like me. Practically everyone in Hollywood was there, though I chose to only feature those who didn't attend the awards or who changed into a pretty new frock for the party. And by the way, a…

Academy bosses must have known Seth MacFarlane would come to the Oscars armed with a few bad-taste jokes—and the "Family Guy" creator did not disappoint. Some of the rookie host's more controversial moments, as per Entertainment Weekly and the Huffington Post: "Django Unchained" "is the story of a man fighting to get back his woman, who’s been subjected to unthinkable…

Yup, this is just about how I'd imagine such an encounter would go. Oscar winner Jennifer Lawrence was doing an interview with ABC last night when the vaguely lecherous (but in a cute-ish way?) Jack Nicholson interrupted to compliment her on her performance in "Silver Linings Playbook." Jennifer is naturally a bit starstruck at having…

So many Oscars gowns, so little time! This year, for a change, virtually everyone looked smashing. Hollywood was struck by the good taste stick for once -- and we've culled more than a dozen of our favorite red carpet moments from the 2013 Academy Awards. Click through to see all the glitz, glamour and (actually…

This year's Academy Awards were rather exceptional -- no, not because of Anne Hathaway's annoyingly breathless acceptance speech -- but because there were relatively few fashion missteps on the red carpet. Even Helena Bonham-Carter, a reliable style weirdo, managed to reign in her batcrackers look just a tad. So while these looks technically fall i…

I was going to try and pick out one or two quotes from this clip of Jennifer Lawrence doing post-Oscars interviews, but it was pretty impossible to choose just one thing. Aside from being gorgeous and talented and all over amazing, J. Law happens to also be extremely thoughtful and funny. After discussing the stigma…

Hollywood’s biggest stars absolutely looked their best at last night’s Academy Awards — so much so that we had a difficult time finding much we didn’t like. So for the most part, we’re going to focus on what we loved. We already showed you those wearing stunning sequins and princess gowns — and here are…

For the most part, last night's Academy Awards were painfully unfunny -- Seth MacFarlane, NEVER AGAIN -- and way, way, way too long. But there were some great acceptance speeches, unplanned gaffes, and plenty of moments ripe for GIFing. Because I love you, allow me to recap everything worth recapping from last night's Oscars, i…

Hollywood's biggest stars absolutely looked their best at last night's Academy Awards -- so much so that we had a difficult time finding much we didn't like. So for the most part, we're going to focus on what we loved. We already showed you those wearing stunning sequins -- and here are seven women who…

UPDATE: The Onion has posted an apology on their Facebook page. Read it here. Last night's Oscars draggggggged on and on, but if you managed to stay up for the full exhausting affair, and were fooling around on Twitter at the same time, then you probably saw controversy erupt over a tweet posted to The…

For the first time maybe ever, there were not a lot of fashion missteps on last night's Academy Awards red carpet. Nearly every single Hollywood star brought it and we were hard pressed to find anything we didn't like. So we decided to break down a couple of the trends that stood out, starting with the lovely ladies who…

There is nothing in Hollywood, save for marrying Tom Cruise, that will boost your career more than winning an Academy Award. That bald gold man ensures “Academy-Award Winning” is attached to your person for perpetuity in movie trailers, on posters, in commercials for probiotic yogurt and most importantly, in contracts—promising at least a 20% increase…

Still not sure who you think is going to win Best Picture tonight? Why not try a strictly mathematical approach. That is, our buddy Jesse David Fox's vigorously researched Oscar Movie Pie Charts, which detail all the uh, details of each Best Picture nominee. For instance, did you know that "Argo" is basically 25 percent…

Having a little gathering to watch the Academy Awards this weekend? Let your guests drink their champagne and eat it too with these fabulous pink champagne cake pops, made with a champange batter, frosted with a vanilla champagne icing, and dusted with edible glitter. So glamorous, right? And between bites of bubbly, don't…

Our special guest* in this week's episode is our friend Andy Scott from Celebuzz, who dropped by our office (down the hall from his) to talk about his recent revelation that he's not so fond of Anne Hathaway. Then he stuck around to listen to us prattle on about the importance of having access to…

The Oscars are this Sunday, which means it's time for snotty people who think they know better -- i.e. moi -- to complain about who should win but can't because the Academy was stupid to nominate them. Here are 10 people who were completely screwed out of an Oscar nod this year, which blows because if I had my…

Hollywood's months-long celebration of itself comes to a close this Sunday with the Academy Awards, and we'll be tweeting and drinking through the whole thing, as per usual. Starting at 6 p.m. EST, The Frisky (@TheFrisky on Twitter) will be tweeting the red carpet arrivals along with our fellow Buzz site…

I don't care how cliche it is, I am a girl that loves a good awards show. The bigger the stars (and the more of them), the better. The Oscars have all of my favorite things in one place: glitzy dresses fresh off the runway? Check. Incredible hair and makeup? Check. Acceptance speeches that ru…

Simply Irresistible

Over the years, we've poked fun at a lot of "based on a true story" movies that turned out to be bullshit. But then we thought that maybe we should stop giving Hollywood shit for embellishing history a bit if it lets them tell a slightly better story. So instead, we decided to give Hollywood…

As you slog your way through the myriad not-yet-April Fools' Day pranks that plague this nation, revel in this: no one has ever pranked someone better than Michael Jackson pranked Russell Crowe, and he did it for years. In an interview with The Guardian, Crowe revealed that despite having never met Jackson,…